Now
I’m in Melbourne, Australia. You’ll find me tinkering on the Pi Frame project, figuring out how to wax my bike chain, and reading The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey.
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There
Sidelines
Select items, served on the side.
Ephemera
ephemera.fyiYou know those scraps of paper and receipts that clog up your wallet and pockets? This is a living, digital archive of that.
Ongoing
Pi Frame
github.comPrint your own changing picture frame using an e-ink display and Raspberry Pi.
2022–2023
68
68.netlify.appKevin Kelly's 68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice, one at a time.
2021
Brown Pages
brownpages.orgYour local guide to composting, wherever you are.
Ongoing
Notes
To self, to you, to whomever. What’s been on my mind. RSS
Saving Kobo Highlights to Markdown or Notion
Biking the Empire State Trail: New York City to Montréal
A beginner’s guide to ImageMagick
Convert HEIC to JPEG via iOS Shortcuts
Custom media queries in CSS
Automatic smart/curly quotes in Eleventy
Automatic Eleventy Markdown Links in New Tab
Reduce Video File Size With FFmpeg
Pi on the Brain
Not Just Bikes
Bigger Than Us
Fahrenheit 451
Trove
What I’ve found interesting lately from around the web.
Fluid Responsive Design | Utopia
utopia.fyiPalestinian embroidery, called tatreez, is a centuries-old tradition. Digital preservation efforts, like a database called Tirazain, could help preserve it for the future.
tirazain.comFighting Fascism in America
The War Department thought it was important for Americans to understand the tactics fascists would use to take power in the United States. They would try to gain power "under the guise of 'super-patriotism' and 'super-Americanism.'" And they would use three techniques: First, they would pit religious, racial, and economic groups against one another to break down national unity. Part of that effort to divide and conquer would be a "well-planned 'hate campaign' against minority races, religions, and other groups."
kottke.orgHow to Do Great Work
paulgraham.comMind Reading 2.0: How others see you | Hidden Brain Media
hiddenbrain.orgOpinion | Our Economy Thrives on Bad Feelings
nytimes.comLovely brand identity work by Order.
underconsideration.comShould I add these features to Arc browser? (internal prototypes) - YouTube
100% agree with the ethos of this video.
youtube.com- portorocha.com
Porto Rocha
portorocha.com- pleasedonotbend.co.uk
- nytimes.com
Totally
typeverything-public-production.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com- underconsideration.com
- underconsideration.com
- nytimes.com
- help.raindrop.io
archives.design
archives.designThe 2023 Audubon Photography Awards: The Top 100
audubon.orgOpinion | Men are lost. Here’s a map out of the wilderness.
washingtonpost.comWatch Amateurs Race Against the Tour de France’s Top Climbers (Sort Of)
Even the simplest data vis can help tell a story.
nytimes.comThe Imperfectionist: Lists are menus
Now I know why I gravitate towards hand-written notes: they’re menus to choose from rather than a list to get through.
ckarchive.comThe Art of Wandering While Traveling - The New York Times
Your “first care must be to ignore the very dream of haste, walking everywhere very slowly and very much at random,”
nytimes.comGRID WORLD by Alexander Miller
alex.miller.gardenWelcome to Exurbia - Overland literary journal
In the sixties, American urbanists like Jane Jacobs and Richard Sennett saw the suburban flight as a form of secession from the city and public realm. They argued that to commute is to avoid the social and cultural complexity of the city, to seek insulation from strangers, and from the random encounters that nourish our citizenship. This may do a disservice to many who live in low-density areas, underestimating their creative, worldly and cosmopolitan values. But there is little doubt that the growth of gated outer-suburban enclaves works against the egalitarian ambition of early metropolitan planners and reformers, who sought to encourage social mixing in public space.
overland.org.au